Minerals Technologies launches bid for Amcol

8:19 AM MST | February 21, 2014 | —Vincent Valk

Minerals Technologies (MTI) on 14 February launched a $42/share unsolicited bid for minerals firm Amcol International (Hoffman Estates, IL), setting in motion a possible bidding war with Imerys, which agreed to acquire Amcol on 12 February for about $1.6 billion, or $41/share, including debt. MTI’s bid would value Amcol at about $1.63 billion. MTI says the deal would be immediately accretive to the company’s earnings and could close during the first half of this year....